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Hewlett-Packard Co. said Wednesday it will maintain a Medicare database under a $26 million federal contract. HP said it will maintain a database that [...]

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That's the finding of a new study of Medicare patients who have advanced cancers and limited life expectancies. As expected, they got far fewer cancer [...]

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Between 1998 and 2005-- 90000 Medicare patients with advanced Cancer continued to get screening even after diagnosis. They included those with Lung, [...]

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On Wednesday, federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged 73 people in several cities across the US of attempting to defraud Medicare of $163 million through [...]

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CLEVELAND -- An Armenian criminal organization known as the "Thieves-in-Law" collected nearly $20 milllion in false Medicare billings, using the stolen [...]

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TO THE EDITOR: Here are a few more budget items that your “Tea Party” fraudsters never seem to mention in their drive to eliminate Social Security, Medicare [...]

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Conway said later that he wasn't aware of any increased deductible for Medicare recipients in the health care reform package that became law earlier this [...]

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NEW YORK—A network of Armenian gangsters used fake healthcare clinics and other scams in an effort to cheat Medicare out of $163 million, according to US [...]

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Federal agents charged 73 people Wednesday in the largest-ever Medicare scam, with arrests in New York, Los Angeles, New Mexico, Georgia, and Ohio. [...]

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Some of the 18 people arrested in connection with a Medicare scheme, who appeared in federal court in Manhattan on Wednesday. By MICHAEL WILSON and WILLIAM [...]

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Seniors will have only one opportunity to make changes to their Medicare plans during the Annual Enrollment Period this November 15 through December 31. [...]

Medicare helps with the cost of health care, but it does not cover all medical expenses or the cost of most long-term care. The program has four parts: [...]

Navigational home for Medicare-related topics in the CMS program, including links to CMS Forms, Billing and Coding Information, Coverage, FFS Payment, [...]

Humana Medicare PFFS (Private Fee For Service) coverage is a good choice if flexibility is an important factor in your health insurance decision. With this plan, you can see virtually any doctor you choose. There is no list of network [...]

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Bradley v. Sebelius and US v. Stricker WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC) today praised two recent court decisions resolving important issues affecting the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) program. Both cases illustrate the difficulty of working with the current Medicare Secondary Payer laws. Courts have described the MSP laws as [...]

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Operation carried out by Armenian-American gangsters was largest ever to steal from Medicare, say authoritiesArmenian-American gangsters created a fictitious medical world, complete with fake doctors and fake patients, [...]

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The first batch of primary health care organisations (PHCOs), to be known as Medicare Locals, are due to open shop in July-September next year, with the remainder scheduled for operation by July-September in 2012 (according to this [...]

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Reuters – Dozens of people alleged to be members of an Armenian-American crime group were charged in federal court on Wednesday with what prosecutors said was the country's largest single Medicare fraud, involving at least $100 million [...]

A vast network of Armenian gangsters and their associates used phantom health care clinics and other means to try to cheat Medicare out of $163 million, the largest fraud by one criminal enterprise in the program’s history, U.S. authorities said Wednesday. [...]

Dozens of people alleged to be members of an Armenian-American crime group were charged in federal court on Wednesday with what prosecutors said was the country's largest single Medicare fraud, involving at least $100 million in false [...]

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It initially will be geared toward Medicare patients and will take patients through a series of preventive tests and screenings that are designed to improve [...]

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An indictment unveiled in New York today concerning a huge Medicare fraud scheme reveals how both medical professionals and patients may have their identities. [...]

The briefing examines the relatively high use of hospital and other Medicare-covered services for Medicare beneficiaries who live in nursing homes and other long-term-care facilities, and the potential for delivery reform to improve [...]

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New York medigap coverage is a health insurance and it is generally sold by the private insurance companies. Their basic intention is to cover the gaps in expenses which are uncovered by Medicare. This supplemental medicare coverage in [...]

SHREWSBURY – If you came out this evening to the Shrewsbury/Worcester League of Women Voters sponsored debate without your mind made up in advance, you were certainly in the minority. The hundreds who attended the event appeared to this reporter to be a pretty partisan group. The driveway leading up [...]